Five Hurt In Head-on Crash Near Gainesboro Bridge
A head on collision on Route 522 at the Back Creek bridge two miles north of Gainesboro sent five people to hospitals. Frank W. Hoffer and Ethel Hoffer suffered facial cuts and broken ribs or bones, and Harvey J. Nussbaum, his wife Martha, and son Chester sustained leg and facial injuries. A second child in the Nussbaum car reportedly escaped injury. Damages were about 300 dollars to each car.
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Back Creek Bridge
Gainesboro
Lawrence Coverstone
Frank W. Hoffer
Windber
Ethel Hoffer
Hoffer
Harvey J. Nussbaum
R. Dalton
Martha Nussbaum
Chester Nussbaum
Nussbaum
Friendship
Omps
Coverstone
Virginia capital outlay funds frozen by legislative trick
A state report accuses lawmakers and officials of freezing about 80 million dollars in capital outlay, money meant for hospitals prisons and colleges. It says funds are regularly appropriated but unused, with millions sitting in the Virginia treasury awaiting loans or grants for school construction.
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Bers
General Assembly
Virginia
Govenor
Eastern State Hospital
Williamsburg
Western State
Staunton
W. Alvord Sherman
Fairfax Committee
Arling
Assembly
Fairfax Group
SSS Tonic Promises Relief From Digestive Distress
Advert says SSS Tonic increases gastric juice flow to aid digestion and blood strength. Claims lab proof and wide consumer use to relieve sour stomach, gas, weakness, and anemia. Urges readers to buy at their drug store.
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SSS Tonic
Fenwick Defends State Surplus for School Needs
Sen Charles R Fenwick urged using unspent capital outlay funds for education while warning surplus accounting hides funds. A Northern Virginia group criticized lack of full financial data and projected a combined biennial surplus of about 47.4 million after 1948.
Four Year Old Visitor Disrupts Cambridge Council
Four year old Tommy Neville, led to the Cambridge City Council by his father Mayor Michael J. Neville, tried to speak at the meeting. He shouted Be quiet to an alderman and was taken home after the interruption of public works funding discussion.
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Cambridge
Mass
Tommy Neville
Michael J. Neville
Tommy
Neville
Air Force Eyes Camp Pickett Base in Virginia
Senator Byrd says a conference will explore Air Force use of Camp Pickett Blackstone Virginia following a Virginia delegation protest over Army plans to close the 45000 acre camp Maj Gen Gardner will visit Blackstone to meet with Mayor Moncure Town Manager Maben and others to discuss options and potential impact on housing and facilities funded by the community.
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Washington
Pickett
Blackstone
Air Force
Byrd
D-Va
Symington
Virginia
Army
Rep. Abbitt
Gray
Grandison Gardner
Air Information Division
W. I. Moncure
R. D. Maben
Abbott Calendar Predicts Fair For April 28 In Washington
Smithsonian scientist Dr. Charles Abbott forecasts a fair day in Washington on April 28 with a chance of rain on April 29. Winchester predictions are only 50-50 and lack meteorological records. Abbott cites cycles of rainfall tied to sun rotation and notes a history of successful long range forecasts.
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Winchester
Charles Abbott
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Abbott
Truman
Roosevelt
Downs Selected Chairman Of State Commission
In Richmond on February 1 L. McCarthy Downs was chosen chairman of the State Corporation Commission for the year ending January 31. Downs has served as chairman before in 1944 and 1946 and remains in rotation with H. Lester Hooker and W. Marshall King, the retiring chairman.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
L. McCarthy Downs
Downs
H. Lester Hooker
W. Marshall King
Cave-In Makes 60 Homeless In Anthracite Mine Area
A surface collapse above an anthracite mine in Carbondale Pennsylvania destroyed one home and damaged 13 others, with 60 people displaced and three injured. Earth sank up to four feet under most dwellings and as much as 30 feet in unbuilt areas, causing damages estimated at 50 000 to 100 000 dollars.
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Carbondale
Scranton
Republican Accuses Tariff Plan Hurting Defense
Rep. Reed of New York charged that the administration is pushing reciprocal trade agreements at the expense of national defense. Democratic Ways and Means members rejected calls to hear military witnesses as debate over repeal of the tariff act and restoration of reciprocal trade gains momentum.
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Washington
Reed
House
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Rep. Cooper
D-Tenn
Star Chamber
Rep. Forand
D-Ri
Truman
Congress
Hardy heads group on governmental operations subcommittee
Hardy becomes the sixth Virginia member of the 81st Congress to chair a subcommittee. He will lead the subcommittee on governmental operations, a unit of the House committee on expenditures in executive departments.
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Washington
Rep. Hardy
Virginia
House Committee
Spending Estimate Left in Hands of Committee Heads
Senate Democrats postpone an accurate spending estimate for the year starting July 1. Four committee chairmen will decide whether to set a new deadline of April 1 May 1 or to repeal the budget estimate law. The move could provoke Republican gibes as the 80th Congress contends with Truman budget figures.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Gillette
Iowa
George
Georgia
Finance
McKellar
Tennessee
Appropriations
Replughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means
Cannon
Missouri
Truman
Committee
Wage Raises Granted to Washington Area Telephone Operators
Washington area telephone operators receive weekly wage increases of 3 to 4 dollars under a new agreement. Mary Gannon, president of traffic division No. 50, Communications Workers of America, stated 210 other employees will gain from 2 to 3 dollars per week.
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Washington
Washington Area
Mary Gannon
Communications Workers of America
Snyder Predicts Prosperous Years Ahead
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder told the National Sporting Goods Assn. convention in Atlantic City that the United States remains highly prosperous and should stay so in the years ahead. He warned against boom and bust, noted price declines as returning to normal, and emphasized opportunities for business and ongoing creation of new consumer goods to replace wartime shortages.
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Atlantic City
Snyder
United States
National Sporting Goods Assn
Treasury
Soap Preservation: Unwrapped Soap Lasts Longer
D L A explains that soap keeps better when unwrapped and exposed to air. It becomes hard and dry, extending its shelf life versus when kept in a paper wrapper.
City Would Keep Seized Gambling Money
Newport News city officials moved to ask the State legislature to amend the city charter so seized gambling funds would stay local. The council acted after a police raid netted an estimated 10 000 to 20 000 dollars in a numbers operation.
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Newport News
Police Court Docket Highlights Multiple City Offenses
Judge John Rice presided over several cases including Lena Dyke of Hayfield for drunk and disorderly conduct with fines totaling 15.25 and 60 days. Maurice R. Wines of Middleburg for speeding 14.25. Charles F. Jenkins of Nain for running a red light and no operator license totaling 16.50. Edwin Ebersol of Fairmont Ave for speeding 24.25. Gordon Corbin of Braddock St for passing on a railroad crossing 14.25. Hubert Slonaker Jr of Martinsburg for reckless driving 15.25. Sam Hensley of Harrisonburg for carrying a concealed weapon 24.75. Nora Lee Shull of Winchester for improper left turn 14.25.
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John Rice
Lena Dyke
Hayfield
Maurice R. Wines
Middleburg
Charles F. Jenkins
Nain
Edwin Ebersol
Fairmont Ave
Gordon Corbin
Braddock St
Mrs O Connell Heads for Caribbean Cruise from Bayside
Mrs Irvan O Connell of 2178 Loudoun Street departs tonight for Bayside Long Island to visit Mr and Mrs Hartley Howe before sailing Saturday on a Caribbean cruise aboard the French Line steamer De Grasse. She travels with Mrs Louis Mc Henry of Fall River Massachusetts. Stops include Caribbean ports and Venezuela with a return around February 20.
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Irvan O'Connell
Loudoun St
Bayside
Long Island
Hartley Howe
O'Connell
Louis McHenry
Fall River
Mass
Venezuela
City
State Prepares To Operate Buses
Virginia Transit Co prepared to yield its bus and streetcar properties in Richmond Norfolk and Portsmouth to the State on Thursday Officials of the three cites pledged that the State would respect local ordinances Feb 3 has been set as the strike date by about 1600 transportation union workers over wages The company employees will remain on the job as State employees
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Richmond
Virginia Transit Co
Norfolk
Portsmouth
VTC
Gasparilla Carnival Date in Tampa Set for February 7
The annual Gasparilla Carnival in Tampa Florida is scheduled for February 7 this year during the Florida State Fair. Pirates lore ties Jose Gasparilla to treasure caches around the Tampa area.
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Gaspailla
Tampa
Fla
Jose Gasparilla
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